Culver City Municipal Code Art. VIII Annual Budget

All Department Heads shall, upon request, provide the City Manager with estimates of revenues and expenditures for their departments, detailed in the manner prescribed by the City Manager. The City Manager shall review the estimates, hold conferences with department personnel, and prepare a proposed budget.

At least 45 days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, the City Manager shall submit a proposed budget to the City Council. After reviewing the proposed budget, the City Council shall set the date and time for a public hearing on the proposed budget and, at least 10 days prior to its scheduled date, shall cause notice of such public hearing to be published in a newspaper circulated in the City and designated by the City Council.

Copies of the proposed budget shall be available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk at least 10 days prior to the public hearing.

The City Council shall hold a public hearing on the proposed budget at the time so advertised, or at any time to which the public hearing shall be adjourned from time to time, where interested persons shall be given an opportunity to be heard.

At the conclusion of the public hearing, the City Council shall further consider the proposed budget, make any revisions that it may deem advisable, and, on or before the first day of the fiscal year, adopt the budget by a vote of at least three of its members. Upon adoption, the budget shall be in effect for the ensuing fiscal year. A copy of the budget, certified by the City Clerk, shall be filed with the City Manager. An additional copy shall remain on file in the office of the City Clerk where it shall be available for public inspection. Copies of the adopted budget shall be made available for the use of City departments.

After adoption of the budget, the amounts allocated in the budget as proposed expenditures shall be appropriated to the specified City departments, for the objects and purposes named in the budget. All appropriations shall lapse at the end of the fiscal year to the extent that they shall not have been expended or lawfully encumbered.

After the adoption of the budget, the City Council may amend or supplement the budget only by a vote of at least four-fifths of its members.